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PHP Echo Line Breaks


What's the difference between \n and \r (I know it has something to do with OS), and what's the best way to echo a line break that will work cross platform?

EDIT: In response to Jarod, I'll be using ths to echo a line break in a .txt log file, though I'm sure I'll be using it in the future for things such as echoing HTML makup onto a page.


Solution

    • \n is a Linux/Unix line break.
    • \r is a classic Mac OS (non-OS X) line break. Mac OS X uses the above unix \n.
    • \r\n is a Windows line break.

    I usually just use \n on our Linux systems and most Windows apps deal with it ok anyway.